Declan's laugh was venomous, "Chloe, whatever he did, it's because of you. Don't you dare play innocent!"
Chloe went pale, her voice shaky, "What do you want, Declan?"
In the middle of the park, was he really going to cause a scene?
Declan sneered, his grip firm as he pulled Chloe towards him, "Get away from this man!"
"That's impossible!" Chloe's voice trembled, "Godfrey means so much to me, I can't just leave him! Declan, don't you dare think I'll go back to how things were—"
"Chloe, you haven't forgotten, have you? I have all those photos and videos."
Chloe froze, her lips quivering, her body shrinking in fear, "What did you say?"
"Remember that night?" Declan whispered in her ear like a curse, those painful memories exploding in her mind all over again, each moment laced with a terrifying vividness—
Her first time, forced and violated, surrounded by those emotionless bodyguards.
Publicly humiliated, watched, her body marked with bruises, Chloe trembled, nearly letting out a scream of despair.
Tears streamed down her face as those nightmares she desperately tried to forget were effortlessly conjured up by Declan's few words!
Her first night, taken in such a cruel way, had now become his tool for manipulation. Just when she started to rebuild her life, he returned, dragging her from heaven back into hell!
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